# Parinacota Parina Quta

- **Country:** Bolivia
- **Coordinates:** -18.166000, -69.142000
- **Type:** Stratovolcano
- **Range:** Andes
- **Listing:** Ultra
- **Location:** Bolivia – Chile border
- **Map Size:** 240
- **Elevation M:** 6380
- **First Ascent:** 1928
- **Easiest Route:** snow/rock scramble
- **Last Eruption:** 290 CE ± 300 years
- **Volcanic Zone:** Central Volcanic Zone
- **Label Position:** right

Parinacota (in Hispanicized spelling), Parina Quta or Parinaquta is a dormant stratovolcano on the border of Bolivia and Chile. Together with Pomerape it forms the Nevados de Payachata volcanic chain. Part of the Central Volcanic Zone of the Andes, its summit reaches an elevation of above sea level. The symmetrical cone is capped by a summit crater with widths of or . Farther down on the southern slopes lie three parasitic centres known as the Ajata cones. These cones have generated lava flows. The volcano overlies a platform formed by lava domes and andesitic lava flows.

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**Source:** https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Parinacota_(volcano) (Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)